3 Creative Studios 2010 Quilt Challenge - Music

Final Embellishments and Reveal

Let's just skip the embellishments parts for right now, and skip to the reveal.  You're probably just going to scroll down for that anyway, then go back and read the rest of the stuff.  Here it is:

The embellishments that I needed to finish were the nest and some of the leaves.  For the nest, I fused snippets of fuzzy yarns and a few other things (bit of the faux leather used on my son's coat), mostly in browns to the background with Mistyfuse. 

To get a more 3D texture, I stitched a wide zigzag over the surface of the nest and wove in longer pieces of the yarns leaving the ends free.

The leaves are cut out from synthetic fabrics using a woodburning tool with a metal template that I made.  I've used this technique many times for my art garments and described it previously in Forget Me Knot and Garden Path.  I then quilted the leaves in place, leaving the edges free.

A binding to the back finishes the quilt:

Only one more challenge!  It should be interesting to see what the final word for 2010 will be.

Parting Shot:  Flute Quintet.  My daughter played today in a flute quintet for the fall music chapel at her school.  She's the second from the left.  They did a very good job, considering that for the most part, they've never played in a group before.